The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 59 suspected cases of Monkeypox with 15 confirmed, its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Tuesday in Abuja. Ihekweazu was reacting to the Dallas, Texas resident who recently returned from Nigeria…
Prof. Olanike Adeyemo on Tuesday in Ibadan said that collaboration instead of competition in vaccine distribution, tests, and treatments would be an important strategy toward ending the global COVID-19 pandemic. Adeyemo of the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive…
The Chief Imam of Gombe, Alhaji Mohammed Pindiga, has admonished Muslim faithful to imbibe the teachings of the Eid-el-Kabir by doing good to others. The Imam gave advice in his sermon shortly after observing the two raka’at prayer at the…
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has charged Nigerians to live in peace with one another to enhance national economic growth and development. Hamzat gave the charge on Tuesday in Lagos at the Eid-el-Kabir prayer held at…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), as he turns 65 years on Wednesday. Okowa’s felicitation is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika on Tuesday in…
The police command in Zamfara has successfully rescued 100 kidnapped victims from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This is contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad…
The Minister of Power, Alhaji Saleh Mammam, has promised that the Ministry of Power will improve electricity supply to Nigerians. Mamman speaking with journalists during the Eld-el-Kabir celebration in Jalingo said that communities that were underserved would enjoy adequate service…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 21 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, frozen fish, container, bulk salt, bulk soya, petrol and butane gas. The NPA disclosed this in its publication, ‘Shipping Position,’ a copy…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the gallant pilot of the Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet, Flt. Lt. Abayomi Dairo, who survived an air crash. Dairo had successfully ejected himself from an aircraft that came under “intense ground fire from bandits”…
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Tuesday called for prayers for the country “in these challenging times,” just as he appealed for the observance of the COVID-19 protocols. In his Eid-el-Kabir message to the people of the state, the…
